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GAA star Alan Kerins has raised more than €1 million to fund development in Zambia and has set up the Alan Kerins African Projects to continue this work. Michelle McDonaghreports

WHEN GALWAY sports star Alan Kerins decided to "take some time out" in 2005 and bring his skills as a physiotherapist to a centre for disabled children in Zambia, he never imagined how the experience would change his life.